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pax romana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
pax ro-mana
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pāx Rōmāna, from pāx (“peace”) + Rōmāna (“Roman”), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 AD and popularized in English by Edward Gibbon in his publication Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776).

Phrases

Roman peace

Frequently Paired Words

Roman peace pāx

Synonyms

Pax Augusta

Questions

What does pax romana mean?
The long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire between 27 BC and 180 AD.
Where does pax romana come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin Pāx Rōmāna, from pāx (“peace”) + Rōmāna (“Roman”), apparently coined by Seneca the Younger in 55 AD and popularized in English by Edward Gibbon in his publication Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776).

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